Science 2010 â Meeting Science in Portugal : Topics Related to the Internet of the Future

- 03/07/2010

The 4th Meeting with the Scientific Community in Portugal: CiÃªncia 2010, organized by the Council of Associated Laboratories in collaboration with the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, takes place on 4 and 7 July 2010 at the Centro de Congressos de Lisboa, Junqueira, Lisbon. The opening session begins on Sunday, 4 July at 16:00.

This meeting, which brings together scientific institutions and companies, continues the discussion of some of the most important areas of scientific activity in Portugal, as well as the scientific and technological advances in areas of note from the following areas:

Internet of the Future,

Marine Resources and Technologies for Ocean Exploration,

Medicine and Health,

Nanosciences and Nanotechnology,

Energy Production,

Transportation and Logistics.

Two fundamental aspects of this meeting are also worthy of note:

The high participation of companies associated with the growing importance of science and technology to the economy;

The emphasis on scientific and technological cooperation with Portuguese-speaking countries, notably in Africa.

Regarding Marine Resources and Technologies for the Exploration of the Ocean, of note are:Offshore Energy, Prospecting petroleum resources in the deep sea: modelling of the subsurface by geophysical and geo-statistical methods, Marine biodiversity and sustainability, Marine Ecosystems, Technologies and monitoring of the deep sea, Offshore aquaculture and cultures, Robotics and deep sea exploration, Which scientific strategy for the deep sea?.

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology is to be covered in the following sessions: Nanosciences, Nanotechnology and microelectronics, Nanomaterials.

For Energy Production, besides the problems cited in marine resources for offshore energy and oil resources of the deep sea, topics considered include materials, technologies and systems for photovoltaic solar energy and bio-energy and biofuels.

Transportation and Logistics are covered in sessions given over to: Railway transportation, technologies and systems, Transportation platforms and logistics, Materials, technologies and systems for aeronautics.

Other topics to be considered in addition to those already mentioned are: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Biodiversity, Genomics, Ecology and cork oak forest production, Sustainable management of agricultural resources, Sustainable materials and processes, Natural, geological, seismic and fire hazards, Forecasting and modelling in meteorology, Climate and climate change, Mathematical Games and optimisation, Applied partial differential equations, Space technology and systems, What type of scientific strategy for Europe? High energy physics, Lasers, plasmas and fusion, Design engineering and advanced manufacturing processes, the Economy of technological change, Crisis, the Economy and social innovation, Cities, identities and participation, Science in the construction of citizenship, the Dynamics and Trajectories of social change: the role of science and scientists, History and historiography of the 1st Republic and republicanism, Research in arts and design.

The Meetingâs aim was to contribute to public dissemination of Science in Portugal, and to stimulate scientific cooperation and promote dialogue between scientists and society, and as such there were various sessions dedicated to the CiÃªncia Viva activities.

This four-day meeting provided a meeting point and exchange of knowledge among the Portuguese scientific community and a good opportunity to get to know the work of Portuguese scientists in their most pertinent areas of activity.